Special Report

Work underway on two La Quinta hotel projects

Properties will be updated to meet industry standards

January 17, 2019

Work started this month on a $5 million project that will expand and rebrand the former Fairbridge Inn Express at 211 S. Division into a new La Quinta hotel franchise. The four-story, 36,000-square-foot hotel is owned by Kennewick

Three-building complex planned on North Side

$6M project would have office-warehouse space

January 17, 2019

Samantha Peone

Prominent Spokane real estate developer Harlan Douglass plans to develop a $6 million, three-building office-warehouse complex in north Spokane's Nevada Lidgerwood neighborhood, according to preliminary documents submitted to the city.

New phase planned at Blue Heron

$13.5M development includes18 home lots

January 17, 2019

Alla Drokina

Blue Heron, a residential subdivision off Indian Trail Road north of the Spokane city limits, is launching its next phase of development with 18 new lots. The lots range in price from $140,000 to $200,000, and Blue Heron developer Pete Rayner

STCU to replace branch in North Idaho

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January 17, 2019

Staff Report

Spokane Teachers Credit Union, of Liberty Lake, plans to build a new branch building in Ponderay, Idaho, and move operations from an existing branch there. The new, 4,100-square-foot building will be located at 477123 U.S. Highway 95

New industrial park planned in Hillyard area

L.B. Stone Properties envisions complex with half million square feet

January 17, 2019

Samantha Peone

Spokane real estate development company L.B. Stone Properties LLC plans to construct a new industrial park on 22 acres just west of the Esmeralda Golf Course, in the Hillyard neighborhood

$13.5 million in multifamily projects started in Spokane Valley

Coyote Rock to add up to 180 apartments

January 17, 2019

Samantha Peone

Two apartment projects with a total value of $13.5 million are under construction in Spokane Valley. One will have up to 180 units and is under construction at 12007 E. Coytote Rock Drive

Housing organization to move Rose Apartments

Time line for relocation depends on state offer

January 17, 2019

Natasha Nellis

East Central Community Organization, a Spokane-based nonprofit housing organization, plans to move an estimated 360,000-pound brick apartment building it owns this year.

Public projects to carry Spokane building sector

Total volume of planned work is north of $412M

January 17, 2019

Natasha Nellis

More than $412 million in new public construction projects are slated across Spokane County this year, including work on the next phase of the North Spokane Corridor, the start of the Hamilton Street Corridor Enhancement Project, bridge improvements

Off site, on point

Labor shortage, costs compel more builders to use prefabrication

January 17, 2019

Samantha Peone

With rising labor costs and a shortage of construction workers, off-site construction is becoming more widely used as a method for Spokane-area contractors and subcontractors to save money and boost project efficiency

Conventions, sports tourism to see strong growth

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December 20, 2018

Virginia Thomas

This year has turned out better than expected in terms of the number of groups and conventions, and 2019 is shaping up to be an even bigger year for Spokane tourism, says TJ Hake, interim president and CEO at Visit Spokane.